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Show New Billing for Ma Bell Have you ever wondered how long you talked on a long distance call or tried to remember what time you placed the call? Mountain Bell will begin sending a new kind of telephone bill to Utah customers this week, providing all this information, in-formation, and much more. The old familiar wraparound wrap-around statement, computer card, and itemization froms are gone forever. Phil Selander, District Manager - Customer Services, Ser-vices, explained the computer-generated bill is designed to give customers considerably more detail on their monthly charges. However, the computer is programmed to print only the information that applies to each customer's account. This should avoid cunfusion. "The first page of the new bill," Slander said, "is both a statement of amount due and a return-payment form. Formerly, Mountain Bell customers were asked to return the computer card with payments." "Succeeding pages," Selander explained, "include "in-clude a summary of current charges, and an itemization of other charges and credits. Long distance calls will include how many minutes talked as well as time connected." In addition, Selander said, "Customers who often move from state to state will soon notice a similarity in billing information provided by the local telephone companies. This is due to the fact that more and more Bell System companies throughout the country are converting to this billing concept." "We think," Selander remarked, "our customers will be pleased with the additional detail on their charges. The information should be self-explanatory, but if customers have any questions, they are welcome to call our business office. The telephone number of the office will be printed on the second page and all succeeding suc-ceeding pages of their new bills." |